This app helps you manage your personal library, tracking books read, to-read lists, and reading progress. Organize your collection visually, add notes and reviews, and view reading statistics. A premium plan offers advanced features for dedicated readers.
1.1.0
October 6, 2026
You can now enjoy book spine views across more pages in the app. This update also brings new features and usability improvements, including more accurate author searches based on your feedback. Thank you to everyone who shared their suggestions! ■ New Features ・Added a book spine view to your book list. ・You can now display and save images of your monthly finished books and your personal top 10 novels as book spines. ・Added a calendar view to the monthly finished books page. ・Added batch registration from a photo of your bookshelf. This feature is in beta, and we’ll continue improving its accuracy. ・Added a Lock Screen widget for quick access to the app. ・You can now read release notes within the app. ■ Improvements ・Searching by author name now shows a list of books by that author. ・Book search now supports filtering, sorting, and loading results beyond the first 30. ・The book spine cropping screen now lets you re-edit crops, make fine adjustments, save spine images, and clear images. ・Improved the appearance of books without spine images. ・You can now choose a color for each publisher to use when a spine image hasn’t been added. ・[Premium only] You can now import up to 1,000 books via CSV. ・Improved loading speeds throughout the app. ・You can now back up your library with no limit on the number of books. ■ Bug Fixes ・Fixed author totals in “Most-Read Authors” on the statistics screen so that variations in an author’s name are grouped correctly. ・Fixed issues with CSV imports. We’ll keep working to make the app easier and more enjoyable to use. Thank you for your continued support of grow books!
More嬉しいお言葉をいただきありがとうございます！ 作家名検索について、ご不便をおかけし申し訳ございません。 本日、作家名で正しく検索されるよう改善いたしました。 お手数ですが、アプリを最新版にアップデートいただき、作家名での検索をお試しいただけますと幸いです。 引き続き、使いやすく楽しいアプリになるよう開発を行なっております。 今後とも育てる本棚をどうぞよろしくお願いいたします。
You can search for books and have their information automatically filled in, or manually register books that cannot be found through search. The app also supports importing data from other apps or CSV files.
Yes, Grow books features a bookshelf view that is inspired by a real bookshelf, allowing you to arrange your registered books visually.
No, Grow books intentionally avoids social media or ranking features. You can keep your reading records privately without worrying about what others think.
For each book, you can record its cover, title, author, genre, whether it's an e-book or physical book, reading status, add notes and quotations, write reviews, and rate it on a 10-point scale.
The Premium Plan supports longer and more enjoyable reading by offering features like recording rereads separately and reviewing monthly totals for pages read and money spent on books.
Based on the provided data, Grow books is supported on iPhone and iPad. Information regarding Android availability is not specified.
The latest version of Grow books is 1.1.0, and it was last updated on October 6, 2026. This suggests a recent update, but specific update frequency is not detailed.
Grow books has an age rating of 4+, making it suitable for a wide range of users.
